Alternatively to sushi and Indian, there's also the Old Surrey restaurant in a rather sketchy area of Newton and, surprisingly, the restaurant in what is now called the Compass Point Inn near the Skytrain station on King George. Caution with the latter, though. They do tend to dump a bloody salt lick in the food sometimes and can have incredibly annoying pianomen playing (although on Tuesdays and Thursdays, a great blues guy).

A nice brewpub with both decent food and beer is Big Ridge near Route 10 and 152nd.